comprehensive
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The theft “confirms the need to immediately implement a comprehensive plan to secure France’s museums and protect works of art,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Earlier this week, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament he would be introducing a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel "in the coming weeks".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Hidalgo said the changes to the evaluation process “were intended to support a comprehensive review and identify the proposal that would best serve the District and its students.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Its Great Society architects wanted “to help break the cycle of poverty, providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The complete set comprises the most comprehensive account of the United States ever got together, and nothing since has even approached it.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
We were lucky enough to have a school field and a handful of concrete tennis and netball courts – riches beyond the dreams of most city comprehensives.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020
From BASIS’s first year in 1996-1997, students who failed the comprehensives had to retake them.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019
For one thing, they are more likely than comprehensives to be located outside city centres, with more space to grow.
From Economist ● Aug. 13, 2015
Overall some 44% of those on the list went to independent school, 27% to grammar school, 8% to a former direct grant school and 21% to comprehensives and other state schools.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2012
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